Forest fire Thomas — the second largest in the entire history of California

Forest fire is a monster of Thomas, the raging North of Los Angeles took second place in the list of the worst fires in history of California.

In the past 16 days, the fire turns a forest to ash, and rose. Several thousand acres and the fire will reach a record level, overthrowing the previous leader — Cedarthat raged in 2003.

This morning the California Department of forestry and fire protection announced that 60% of the territories covered by the flames, cleansed by fire. On Tuesday, the figure was 55%, Monday 50%. But as the fire continues to spread to other areas, the area is still on fire, remains the same – about 272 000 acres.

The fire-monster has caused two deaths, evacuation of more than 104 000 people and the destruction of more than 1,300 homes and buildings. More than 8,500 firefighters involved in fighting fires in California. The costs of the country to the disaster amounted to about 124 million dollars.

Over the weekend tens of thousands of people-rich areas of Montecito and Santa Barbara were forced to evacuate. Among them many stars of film and television.

Although weather conditions in California improved slightly from the time of the fire, the wind will continue to expand its territory.

Firefighters in California are not discouraged and I hope soon to defeat the element completely.

«In California — the most reliable organization for combating fires in the world. When we all gather together, our mutual support system is unmatched,» said representative Cal Fire Sean Norman.

«It’s a monster. We understand that. But we’ll kill him,» he added about the fire.

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